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Shawen Acres, also known as the Montgomery County Children's Home, is a historic complex in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1991. [2] It was originally designed as an orphans home. Dr. Charles Shawen donated 19 acres (77,000 m 2) to the county March 21, 1926 for "wayward and homeless children."
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley is a nonprofit organization serving the Miami Valley of Ohio with offices in Dayton and Lima. It provides services and support for individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages in achieving independence for a better quality of life.
Planet Aid, Inc. collects used clothing through a wide network of donation bins placed on public and private property, donation centers, and curbside pickups. [24] The group has collaborated with local businesses and other organizations to place bins on their property, with an aim to make donations more convenient and thus increase recycling rates. [25]
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Covenant House is a large, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization [1] in the Americas, whose goal is to provide safe housing and holistic care to youth ages 16–21 experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking.
Giacomo Ceruti, Women Working on Pillow Lace (1720s) The Junior Sewing Circle of the North Lima Mennonite Congregation, North Lima, Ohio, 1952 Group working on the Mekong quilts project in Vietnam (2009) A sewing circle is a group of people who meet regularly for the purpose of sewing, often for charitable causes.
The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum is an historic structure at 2335 Wayne Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1979. The 300-acre (120 ha) complex was designed as a mental asylum in accordance with principles advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th ...
Many programs and resources have been implemented across the United States in an effort to help homeless veterans. [20]HUD-VASH, a housing voucher program by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Administration, gives out a certain number of Section 8 subsidized housing vouchers to eligible homeless and otherwise vulnerable U.S. Armed Forces veterans.